Hearts and Bones Rescue

Hi - My name’s Carl, I’m a 27 year old living in NYC with my crazy dog Masha. A little over two years ago during the height of Covid, I felt like something was missing in my life, I wasn’t happy, I was going through the motions and needed some change. Enter Masha. A psychotic but incredibly sweet puppy that changed my life. We moved to NYC together in July of 2021 and were lucky enough to met a ton of great people & dogs at our local dog park.

Around the same time, I was manipulated by these new friends to get into running, something that I refused to do through my entire athletic career through college. Fast forward to March of 2022, I came across a running challenge created by David Goggins, former Navy Seal and now Ultra Marathoner, called the 4x4x48. In short, its a challenge where you run 4 miles… every 4 hours… for 48 hours. Making it 48 miles in total in 2 days. Needless to say, it was incredibly difficult, but with some serious will power and help from friends, I was able to finish it. Buuut i also got injured. Oh well.

Every year Goggins tries to get people to raise money along with doing the challenge. Last year I didn’t raise any money for the 4x4x48 because I impulsively decided to do it 2 days before it started. This year, I decided to prepare more both physically as well as raise some money for the challenge. I wanted to pick out a charity that meant something to me and since my life revolves around dogs, I wanted to choose a local NYC rescue. Hearts and Bones is based in Dallas, TX and sends dogs that need homes to NYC for adoption. Many of my close friend’s dogs came from Hearts and Bones and they are all incredible in their own ways.

My goal is to raise $1,000 and I plan to match donations up to $250. There is no obligation to donate but every dollar will go right to Hearts and Bones to help these great dogs find homes. I will be completing the challenge from March 3rd starting at 8pm EST and ending my last run at 4pm on Sunday March 5th.

If you’d like to learn more about the 4x4x48 challenge and Heart and Bones, below are links:

gogginschallenge.com

heartsandbonesrescue.com

To follow along with my runs you can find some updates on Instagram and Strava

instagram: carnold51

Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/96891248

Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit Hearts and Bones Rescue, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Hearts and Bones Rescue: Hearts & Bones is a 501(c)3 non-profit dog rescue dedicated to saving the lives of dogs in overcrowded shelters and placing them in loving forever homes. In January 2018, we'll be embarking on our first ever rescue mission, when we'll take over a shelter for several days to save as many dogs as we can. We can't do it without your support - donate here to support our mission!